06-19-2020, 12:34 AM
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Senior Member
Brand: Thor Motor Coach
Model: Forest River Forester 235
State: Indiana
Posts: 4,884
THOR #6826
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Originally Posted by Laco
There is a lot of labor setting up a car and motor-home for 4-down towing, so that $4600.00 figure is not out of range, depending on what it includes. I paid right at $4000.00 about thirteen years ago, which included the base plate, tow-bar, all wiring, and a U.S. Gear proportional braking system installed. We towed that car behind our, at that time, 41 foot Tiffin bus, for years with not ever a single problem. I found someone, that had been service manager for an RV dealer, and was free-lancing so all work was done in my garage. I had everything transferred from the Bus to the Gemini, but I was never happy with how the Gemini towed, compared to the Bus, so we rarely towed, just rented a car when we got to where we were going. Now the Gemini is gone we are between motor-homes, but still have the car (Chevy HHR) which is set up to be towed. Not sure I would even want to tow again, renting was so easy, and worked well for us.
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My self installed system with a “permanent” brake system on the Jeep was about $3200 for parts. $4600 seems maybe a bit high but is not outrageous considering how much labor is involved. We did it the other way around - rented cars for several years before finally deciding to tow. What decided it for us was snowbirding for 6 weeks at a time. It just wasn’t feasible to rent for such a long time. And towing turned out to be easier than we’d imagined.
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